Place eggs, vegetable oil, unsweetened applesauce and brown sugar in a large bowl and beat together well. Add orange rind, vanilla, porridge oats, chopped almonds and sunflower seeds; stir until well combined. Add flour mixture and stir well. Add dried cranberries and stir until well distributed.

Using about 1/4 cup (50 mL) of cookie dough for each cookie, place on greased or parchment-lined cookie sheet and press down with a fork to form a cookie approximately 3.5″ (9 cm) in diameter. Bake for 15 – 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Let cool on the cookie sheet before removing.